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    The document discusses the difference between using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It explains that the past simple is used to describe actions that happened one after another or were completed, while the past continuous is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of how to use both tenses correctly depending on whether the emphasis is on the progression of an action or just mentioning a past action. Finally, it includes exercises with verbs to practice putting them in the correct past tense.

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    The document discusses the difference between using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It explains that the past simple is used to describe actions that happened one after another or were completed, while the past continuous is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of how to use both tenses correctly depending on whether the emphasis is on the progression of an action or just mentioning a past action. Finally, it includes exercises with verbs to practice putting them in the correct past tense.

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    The document discusses the difference between using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It explains that the past simple is used to describe actions that happened one after another or were completed, while the past continuous is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of how to use both tenses correctly depending on whether the emphasis is on the progression of an action or just mentioning a past action. Finally, it includes exercises with verbs to practice putting them in the correct past tense.

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    The Past Simple Vs

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    The document discusses the difference between using the past simple and past continuous tenses in English. It explains that the past simple is used to describe actions that happened one after another or were completed, while the past continuous is used to describe actions that were ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of how to use both tenses correctly depending on whether the emphasis is on the progression of an action or just mentioning a past action. Finally, it includes exercises with verbs to practice putting them in the correct past tense.

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    the past simple vs.

    the
    past continuous
    Miss Cinthia
    Zapata
    Do you want to express that the action in
    the past happened one after another or at
    the same time?
    SIMPLE PAST
     PAST CONTINUOUS

    • ONE AFTER • AT THE SAME TIME


    ANOTHER e.g:

    e.g:


    Simon was playing on
    She came home, worked the
    on computer while his

    the computer and brother


    finished her was watching TV.

    homework.
    If you want to express that a new action
    happened in the middle of another action,
    you need both tenses:

    SIMPLE PAST PAST CONTINUOUS


    • NEW ACTION • ACTION ALREADY IN


    e.g: PROGRESS

    My mobile rang (when I e.g:


    was 

    sitting in a meeting)
    While I was sitting in a
    meeting, my mobile

    rang.
    Only mentioning or emphasising
    progress?
    Do you want to put emphasis on the
    progress, e.g. that an action was taking
    place at a certain time?
    SIMPLE PAST PAST CONTINUOUS

    • JUST MENTIONING • EMPHASIZING


    e.g: PROGRESS
    e.g:


    Colin played football

    yesterday. Yesterday at six o’clock,


    Colin
    was playing football.
    Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past
    or past continuous)
    w a s d o in g
    1.When I (do)__________ the washing-
    up,b Iro ke
    (break)___________ a plate.

    w a s p la yin g
    2. While Tom (play)__________the

    w a s d o in g
    piano, his mother (do)
    _______________the washing-up.
    d ra n k
    3. He (drink)____________some juice

    and then hea te(eat)_____________ a


    few chips.
    w a s h a vin g
    4.I (have)_________dinner when I
    suddenly (hear)______________a
    h e a rd
    loud bang.
     w a s w o rkin g
    5.When my father (work)____________in
    p a sse d
    the garden, an old friend
    (pass)__________by to see him.
     w ent
    6.She (go)______________
    to o k to school,
    (take)____________
    began out her textbook
    and (begin)________________to
    learn.

    w a s d o in g
    7. When Jane (do)________a language

    course in Ireland,
    visiteshe
    d
    (visit)__________Blarney Castle.
     w as
    8.When I (be)______________on
    sa w my way
    home, I (see)____________an
    accident.
    w a s sta rtin g
    9.
    w a n te d
    10.When it (start)______________to rain,
    our dog (want)______________to
    come inside.
    What was she doing?
    Very Good !!!

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